Topic: code review

AI Won’t Replace Developers, But It Will Leave Some Behind

The headlines are seductive: AI will replace developers. Coding is dead. Ship 10x faster with half the team. It’s the kind of hype that grabs attention and fuels confusion.  I understand the appeal. As a former chief product officer and now CEO, I’ve seen firsthand how AI can dramatically boost productivity. But let’s be clear: … continue reading

The emperors of AI coding tools have no clothes – and it’s creating a productivity delusion

For three years, I’ve watched the AI coding revolution unfold with a mix of fascination and frustration. As someone who’s built and led AI engineering and product teams at Google, SwiftKey, Yahoo, and beyond, I’m calling it: we’re collectively falling for a productivity mirage.  We’re celebrating typing speed while ignoring the actual bottlenecks that cripple … continue reading

Dirty code still runs, and that’s not a good thing

Organizations understand the importance of code in today’s business landscape. We rely on software to power our daily lives — the global market is projected to grow to nearly $1.6 trillion within the next decade. Developers are feeling the pressure from this, with the increased push to write more code every day. However, this does … continue reading

How to maximize your ROI for AI in software development

Various studies have shown that developers spend only 25% to 35% of their time actually coding. That means if a copilot boosts their coding productivity by a factor of 2, it may only save an hour of their day. Which begs the question: where is the rest of their time spent and how can AI … continue reading

Three innovations for code reviews have streamlined the process at Meta

In a study of its development teams, Meta has noticed a strong correlation of developer satisfaction dipping whenever diff review times are slow based on several metrics at the company. Diff reviews refer to any individual set of changes made to the codebase.  Diff reviews which can catch bugs, teach best practices, and ensure high … continue reading

AWS CodeGuru makes intelligent recommendations about code quality

AWS has released a new developer tool powered by machine learning. CodeGuru provides intelligent recommendations for improving code quality and lowering operational costs. “Our customers develop and run a lot of applications that include millions and millions of lines of code. Ensuring the quality and efficiency of that code is incredibly important, as bugs and … continue reading

SD Times news digest: DeepCode’s JetBrains IDE plugin, Rust 1.44, and Microsoft updates its PowerToys project

Static code analysis company DeepCode announced the DeepCode plugin for IntelliJ, PyCharm, and WebStorm, designed to find bugs and critical vulnerabilities in code. The plugin comes with Java, C/C++, Python, JavaScript and TypeScript support. DeepCode is also working on adding CLion support. According to the company, it uses a new symbolic AI technique called Ontology … continue reading

6 steps to turn a painful code review into an easy code discussion

Code reviews help improve code quality and help share knowledge.  Yet, posts about the dread and hatred of code reviews are plentiful. One of the most authoritative surveys tells us that only 45% of respondents are either satisfied or very satisfied with their process.  With almost 80% of respondents participating in code reviews either daily … continue reading

AI-powered code review now available for Visual Studio Code

DeepCode is bringing its AI-powered code review capabilities to Visual Studio Code. The company announced an open-source extension that will enable developers to use DeepCode to detect bugs and issues in Visual Studio Code.  RELATED CONTENT: Artificially intelligent “co-developers” Be (AI) smarter about your digital transformation New AI platform tackles ten steps of AutoML DeepCode … continue reading

SD Times news digest: GitHub acquires Pull Panda, Cloudflare introduces advanced cryptographic library, and Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

GitHub acquired Pull Panda to help teams create more efficient and effective code review workflows on GitHub. The financial terms were not revealed by the companies.  According to the company, Pull Panda advances code reviews through Pull Reminders,which sends a notification through Slack when a collaborator needs review; Pull Analytics, which offers real-time insight into … continue reading

SD Times news digest: Android P Beta 4, free Codacy plan, and Elixir 1.7

Google has released the final preview update of Android P. This is the last preview milestone before the official launch of the Android P operating system. Beta 4 includes a release candidate build that has the final system behaviors and the official Android P APIs. It also includes everything developers need to finish testing before … continue reading

premium Don’t take a new development job without asking these questions

As the head of engineering at Atlassian, I’m part of a lot of interview panels (Like, a lot). I know I’ve got an above-average candidate sitting across from me when they start asking questions about the team they’d be joining. Some ask about the team’s culture. Others want to hear specifics on software development practices or the tech stack. … continue reading

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